Answers for "convert string list to normal list"

python string list to list

>>> import ast
>>> x = '[ "A","B","C" , " D"]'
>>> x = ast.literal_eval(x)
>>> x
['A', 'B', 'C', ' D']
>>> x = [n.strip() for n in x]
>>> x
['A', 'B', 'C', 'D']

string list into list pandas

import ast 

# initializing string representation of a list 
ini_list = "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]"
  
# Converting string to list 
res = ast.literal_eval(ini_list) 
  
# printing final result and its type 
print ("final list", res) 
print (type(res))